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About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Specialist Support Worker
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2024 11:14
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 13-May-2024 11:14
Key details
Location
- Site
- Selden Centre
- Address
- Swandean, Arundel Road
- Town
- Worthing, West Sussex
- Postcode
- BN13 3EP
- Major / Minor Region
- West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week/shifts over a 24 hour period)
Salary
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 4)
Specialty
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Specialist support worker to join our well-established and innovative learning disabilities inpatient service for Adults. The Specialist Support Worker will be able to deliver elements of health and social care and undertake clinical work in domains that have previously only been within the remit of registered professionals. This post will therefore transcend traditional professional boundaries.
To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the development and delivery of assessment and treatment-oriented care. This includes contributing to the full range of care tasks, including the co-ordination of shifts under supervision from the Nurse in Charge, taking on the role of care coordinator under the supervision of the Charge Nurse, co-facilitating therapeutic groups and individual activities, information gathering and analysis to inform a multi-disciplinary formulation, audit and specific aspects of therapeutic intervention
You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to providing a high-quality service which complements the work done by our wider CTLD colleagues and in liaison/partnership with other care services.
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Please see the attached job description for more duties
- Undertake a range of delegated clinical and administrative duties in learning disability settings
- Take on the role of primary nurse under the supervision of the Charge Nurse in line with local quality standards
- Contribute to a full range of routine care tasks such as supporting self-care, routine observations and risk assessment once trained and under supervision from a registered professional
- Provide and facilitate recreational, social and educational group and individual activities as part of the Ward / hospital wide in-patient programme; following set aims and objectives
- Co-facilitate therapeutic groups under the supervision of a registered professional appropriate for the service user group
- Engage with and gather information from service users, relatives and patient records to support a multi-disciplinary formulation and care plan
- Provide assistance and support with welfare benefits and patients’ financial situations
- Liaise with patients’ families around admission, belongings and finances
- Conduct agreed audit to support service development activity
- Deliver specified aspects of therapeutic interventions, once trained, under close supervision from a registered professional.
- To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed.
- To contribute to assessment and support the development and implementation of recovery plans.
Working for our organisation
- We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire
Working in Sussex:
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- Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
- Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
- With easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK there is plenty of opportunity for adventure
We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Other key staff survey results include:
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- 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
- 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
- 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Specialist Support Worker will be able to deliver elements of health and social care and undertake clinical work in domains that have previously only been within the remit of registered professionals. This post will therefore transcend traditional professional boundaries.
They will work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate the development and delivery of assessment and treatment service. This includes contributing to the full range of care tasks, including the co-ordination of shifts under supervision from the Nurse in Charge, co-facilitating therapeutic groups and individual activities, information gathering and analysis to inform a multi-disciplinary formulation, audit and specific aspects of therapeutic intervention.
To work under close clinical supervision from a registered professional e.g. Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Speech and language therapist and psychologist to provide high quality care as a member of the multi-disciplinary team, informed by advanced skills in communication, analysis of information, planning and organisational skills.
Please see the attached job description for a more in depth look at the main responsibilities.
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 4 in a relevant subject (e.g. Social Care, Health) OR Extensive clinical experience and evidence of professional development in the specific work setting the application is being made
- Care Certificate (or complete this within a reasonable time fame)
- Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
- Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jarod Newbury
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 2154
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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